Townes Van Zandt once got out of a speeding ticket after meeting a real-life Pancho and Lefty during a late-night traffic ...

Earle included the song on his 2009 Van Zandt tribute album, Townes; the story goes that Earle left his family home in San Antonio when he was 14, heading to Houston to find his musical hero.

Steve Earle was a man out of time in the ‘80s, what with his traditional songwriting values bucking up against the heavily produced music that dominated the airwaves. He soon became a man out of genre ...

Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Nanci Griffith were some of the luminaries that took the stage.

The seeds in Townes Van Zandt’s hand are ground. What cannot be remembered can be remembered, the seeds are pulverized and bitterly soaked in beer. Glug glug is a sound, left in the throat by the ...

He struggled through a couple of health scares last year, but on his 29th(!) album, the Flatlander himself sounds as strong ...